Sentences with phrase «decision over abortion»

And where else but in the agonized decision over abortion are women given a unique opportunity to face the frailty and finitude of human life?

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I often meet abortion rights advocates who honestly thought that the national controversy over abortion would simply melt away within a few years of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973.

To put it another way, since the Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, there have been perhaps over thirty million abortions in the United States.

Yet we feel deep sympathy and empathy for the woman who agonizes over her choice, and finally decides that abortion is the best, most caring decision she can make for herself, the fetus, and other children she may have.

«Federal taxpayer subsidies are helping pay for over 1,000 health plans that cover abortion on demand, and [last week's] Supreme Court decision underscores that only Congress can put a stop to that,» said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life Committee (NRLC).

The week is ending with a real controversy over health secretary Andrew Lansley's decision to instigate snap inspections of abortion clinics, prompting a massive political row.

But the entire plan got stuck over the tenth provision, which would codify into New York State law the abortion rights defined in the 1973 US Supreme Court Roe v Wade decision.

But the entire plan got stuck over the tenth provision, which would codify into New York state law the abortion rights defined in the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision.

Debate continues among bloggers over whether five Supreme Court justices» Catholicism influenced their decision in the abortion case Gonzales.

Over 30 % of all abortion restrictions enacted since the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade came in just the last six years.